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Below is a list of books the Library has received during the past two months.

Week of Monday, May 07 2012

Tests, testing, and genuine school reform / Herbert J. Walberg.
Stanford, Calif. : Education Next Books, c2011.
371.26 W14T 2011
Received: 5/11/2012
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
Education--Standards--United States.
Educational change--United States.
School improvement programs--United States.

A history of the Fifth Circuit, 1891-1981 / by Harvey C. Couch.
[Washington, D.C.] : Bicentennial Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1984.
347.73 C83H 1984
Received: 5/11/2012

A digest of parliamentary law : also, the rules of the Senate, and House of representatives of congress; with the Constitution of the United States, the amendments thereto, and their history / by O.M. Wilson.
Philadelphia, Kay & brother, 1869.
328.735 W695D
Received: 5/11/2012
Parliamentary practice.

Digest and manual of the rules and practice of the House of Representatives : to which are added the Constitution of the United States of America, with the amendments thereto, and so much of Jefferson's manual of parliamentary practice as under rule XLIV governs the house, the standing rules and orders for conducting business in the House of Representatives... / compiled by Henry H. Smith.
Washington : Govt. Print. Off., [1888]
328.735 SM58D
Received: 5/11/2012

Constitution of the United States of America, with the amendments thereto : to which are added Jefferson's Manual of parliamentary practice, and the standing rules and orders for conducting business in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States [and Barclay's Digest of the rules of proceeding in the House of Representatives of the United States].
Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1863-64.
328.735 B235D 1864
Received: 5/11/2012

Parliamentary reference sources : Senate / Megan Suzanne Lynch, Richard S. Beth.
[Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, 2008.
328.735 L991P 2008
Received: 5/10/2012
Parliamentary practice--United States.

The Office of the Parliamentarian in the House and Senate / Valerie Heitschusen.
[Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, [2012]
328.735 H366O 2012
Received: 5/10/2012
Parliamentary practice--United States.

A history of parliamentary procedure / Darwin Patnode.
Conshocken, Pa. : Infinity Publishing.com., c2006.
328.1 P274H 2006
Received: 5/8/2012
Parliamentary practice--History.
Parliamentary practice--United States--History.

Keeping it local : a guide for congressional district & state offices.
Washington, DC : Congressional Management Foundation, c2010.
342.73 K255 2010
Received: 5/7/2012

Week of Monday, Apr 30 2012

Banking on bondage : private prisons and mass incarceration.
New York, NY : American Civil Liberties Union, [2011]
365.32 AM35B 2011
Received: 5/4/2012
Prisons--Government policy--United States--States.
Corrections--Contracting out--United States--States.
Privatization--United States--States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--States.

Traffic congestion : road pricing can help reduce congestion, but equity concerns may grow : report to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives / United States Government Accountability Office.
Washington, DC : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]
388.114 UN3T 2012
Received: 5/4/2012
Roads--United States--Finance.
User charges--United States.
Traffic congestion--United States.

Eliminating the property tax in Texas : a detailed fiscal analysis / by Richard D. Cunningham.
Houston, Tex. : Texas Center for Economics, Law & Policy, c2010.
336.22 C917E 2010
Received: 5/2/2012
Property tax--Texas.
Real property tax--Texas.
Tax assessment--Texas.

No undocumented child left behind : Plyler v. Doe and the education of undocumented schoolchildren / Michael A. Olivas.
New York : New York University Press, c2012.
344.73 OL3N 2012
Received: 4/30/2012
Children of illegal aliens--Education--Law and legislation--United States.
Children of immigrants--Education--Law and legislation--United States.

Week of Monday, Apr 23 2012

No financial accountability : why Texas K-12 public education lacks any real financial accountability and the implications for both the ongoing public school financing litigation and the future of our state / Mark P. Hurley, Yvonne N. Kanner, Jonathan Yu.
[Texas?] : Texas Education Accountability Project, c2012.
379.122 H939N 2012
Received: 4/26/2012
Education--Texas--Finance.
School districts--Texas--Finance.
Educational laws and legislation--Texas.

The evolution of a nation : how geography and law shaped the American states / Daniel Berkowitz and Karen B. Clay.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.
320.473 B455E 2012
Received: 4/26/2012
U.S.
State governments--United States--History.
Law--United States--States--History.
U.S.

Third-party litigation funding and claim transfer : trends and implications for the civil justice system / Geoffrey McGovern ... [et al.].
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, c2010.
347.73 T349 2010
Received: 4/23/2012
Third parties (Law)--United States.
Liability (Law)--United States.
Civil procedure--United States.
Costs (Law)--United States.
Practice of law--Economic aspects--United States.

Aging in place : a state survey of livability policies and practices / by Nicholas Farber ... [et al.].
Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute ; Denver, Colo. : National Conference of State Legislatures, c2011.
362.6 AG47 2011
Received: 4/23/2012
Older people--Social aspects--United States--Statistics.
Older people--United States--Social conditions.
Quality of life--United States--Evaluation.
Older people--Government policy--United States.

Week of Monday, Apr 16 2012

Old behind bars : the aging prison population in the United States.
New York, N.Y. : Human Rights Watch, c2012.
365.66 F336O 2012
Received: 4/20/2012
Older prisoners--United States.
Older prisoners--Medical care--United States.
Older prisoners--Long-term care--United States.
Older prisoners--Government policy--United States.
Prisoners--Medical care--United States.

Career clusters : forecasting demand for high school through college jobs 2008-2018 / Anthony P. Carnevale ... [et al.].
Washington, DC : Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University, [2011]
378.3 C19 2011
Received: 4/20/2012
Business and education--United States
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
Employment forecasting--United States.
College graduates--Employment--United States--Statistics.
High school graduates--Employment--United States--Statistics.

Inequity in the technopolis : race, class, gender, and the digital divide in Austin / edited by Joseph Straubhaar ... [et al.].
Austin : University of Texas Press, c2012.
976.43 IN3 2012
Received: 4/17/2012
Digital divide--Texas--Austin.
Information technology--Government policy--Texas--Austin.
Information technology--Social aspects--Texas--Austin.

Week of Monday, Apr 09 2012

The future of the electric grid : an interdisciplinary MIT study.
[Cambridge, Mass.] : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, c2011.
343.0929 F989 2011
Received: 4/13/2012
Electric power systems--United States.
Electric power distribution--United States.
Electric power transmission--United States.
Energy policy--United States.

Selected CBO publications related to health care legislation, 2009-2010.
Washington, DC : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, [2010]
362.10425 SE48 2010
Received: 4/13/2012
Health care reform--United States--Costs--Forecasting.
Medical care, Cost of--United States--Forecasting.
Health insurance--United States--Costs--Forecasting.

The legislative history of Tex. H.B. 4 : the medical malpractice & tort reform act of 2003.
Austin, TX : Capitol Research Services, 2003.
346.03 L524 2003 V.3
Received: 4/10/2012
Medical personnel--Malpractice--Texas--Legislative history.
Physicians--Malpractice--Texas--Legislative history.
Torts--Texas--Legislative history.

The legislative history of Tex. H.B. 4 : the medical malpractice & tort reform act of 2003.
Austin, TX : Capitol Research Services, 2003.
346.03 L524 2003 V.2
Received: 4/10/2012
Medical personnel--Malpractice--Texas--Legislative history.
Physicians--Malpractice--Texas--Legislative history.
Torts--Texas--Legislative history.

The legislative history of Tex. H.B. 4 : the medical malpractice & tort reform act of 2003.
Austin, TX : Capitol Research Services, 2003.
346.03 L524 2003 V.1
Received: 4/10/2012
Medical personnel--Malpractice--Texas--Legislative history.
Physicians--Malpractice--Texas--Legislative history.
Torts--Texas--Legislative history.

Sources of compiled legislative histories : a bibliography of government documents, periodical articles, and books, 1st Congress-110th Congress / compiled by Nancy P. Johnson.
Buffalo, N.Y. : William S. Hein & Co., 2012.
328.37 J625S 2012
Received: 4/9/2012
Legislative histories--United States--Bibliography.
Law--United States--Bibliography.

Week of Monday, Mar 26 2012

Money well spent? : the truth behind the trillion dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in history / Michael Grabell.
New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
351.72 G752 2012
Received: 3/27/2012
Job creation--United States.
Economic development projects--United States.
Economic stabilization--United States.
Federal aid--United States.
Recessions--United States.

Final report of the Long-Range Financial Management Task Force / presented to Mayor Annise D. Parker.
[Houston, Tex.] : Long-Range Financial Management Task Force, [2012]
352.4 H818F 2012
Received: 3/27/2012
Municipal finance--Texas--Houston.
Municipal budgets--Texas--Houston.
Municipal officials and employees--Pensions--Texas--Houston--Finance.

The range source book : a guide to planning and construction / National Rifle Association of America.
Fairfax, VA : National Rifle Association, Range Department, Field Operations Division, [2004]
799.3 R163 2004
Received: 3/27/2012
Rifle-ranges--Design and construction.
Pistol shooting.
Archery.

My boys and girls are in there : the 1937 New London school explosion / Ron Rozelle.
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2012.
614.83 R817M 2012
Received: 3/26/2012
New London School Explosion, New London, Tex., 1937.
School accidents--Texas--New London--History--20th century.
Explosions--Texas--New London--History--20th century.
Natural gas--Accidents--Texas--New London--History--20th century.
Disaster victims--Texas--New London--Biography.

The Alamo and beyond : a collector's journey / Phil Collins ; with illustrations by Gary S. Zaboly.
Buffalo Gap, Tex. : State House Press, c2012.
976.403 C695A 2012
Received: 3/26/2012

A new measure of educational success in Texas : tracking the success of 8th graders into and through college / National Center for Higher Education Management Systems ; [funded by Houston Endowment].
[Texas] : Houston Endowment, [2012]
373.73 N42 2012
Received: 3/26/2012
High school graduates--Texas.
College graduates--Texas.
Postsecondary education--Texas.

Week of Monday, Mar 19 2012

Well within reach : America's new transportation agenda.
Charlottesville, VA : Miller Center of Public Affairs, [2010]
388.1 D28W 2010
Received: 3/21/2012
Transportation and state--United States--Congresses.
Infrastructure (Economics)--United States--Congresses.
Transportation--United States--Planning--Congresses.

Cracks in the faðcade : 25 years ago, EPA linked fracking to water contamination / Dusty Horwitt.
[Washington, D.C.] : Environmental Working Group, c2011.
665.4 H816C 2011
Received: 3/21/2012
Hydraulic fracturing.
Oil-shale industry--Environmental aspects.
Water--Pollution--United States.
Drinking water--Contamination--United States.
Water quality management--United States.

Evaluating a new approach to affirmative action policy : results from a randomized controlled study / Matthew N. Gaertner.
[Boulder, Colo.] : University of Colorado at Boulder, [2010]
378.161 G119E 2010
Received: 3/20/2012
Affirmative action programs in education--Colorado.
Universities and colleges--Colorado--Admission.
Minorities--Education (Higher)--Colorado.

As deportations rise to record levels, most Latinos oppose Obama's policy : president's approval rating drops but Obama has a big lead over 2012 GOP rivals / Mark Hugo Lopez, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Seth Motel.
Washington, D.C. : Pew Hispanic Center, c2011.
323.1 N213 2011
Received: 3/20/2012
Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions
Hispanic Americans--Politics and government.

Week of Monday, Mar 12 2012

How much ivory does this tower need? : what we spend on, and get from, higher education / by Neal McCluskey.
Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, 2011.
320.6 C291 686
Received: 3/15/2012
Education, Higher--United States--Finance.
Higher education and state--United States.

Could mandatory caps on medical malpractice damages harm consumers? / by Shirley Svorny.
Washington, DC : Cato Institute, [2011]
320.6 C291 685
Received: 3/15/2012
Physicians--Malpractice--United States.
Medical laws and legislation--United States.

The Gulf oil spill : lessons for public policy / by Richard L. Gordon.
Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2011]
320.6 C291 684
Received: 3/15/2012
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
Oil spills--Mexico, Gulf of.

Time to X out the Ex-Im Bank / by Sallie James.
Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, 2011.
380.1 C296TB 47
Received: 3/15/2012
Export credit--United States.
Export credit insurance.
International trade.

Blueprints for an ideal legal immigration policy / edited by Richard D. Lamm and Alan Simpson.
Washington, DC : Center for Immigration Studies, 2001.
331.67 B625 2001
Received: 3/15/2012
Emigration and immigration law--United States.

Beyond the rhetoric : improving college readiness through coherent state policy / a special report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and the Southern Regional Education Board ; [principal author, Nancy Shulock ; project team, Patrick Callan ... [et al.]].
[San Jose, Calif.] : National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education ; [Atlanta, Ga.] : SREB, [2010]
379.152 B468 2010
Received: 3/15/2012
Underprepared college students--United States--States.
College-school cooperation--United States--States.
College preparation programs--United States--States.
Education and state--United States--States.

Participation and success in the Advanced Placement Program continue to grow in SREB states / prepared by Crystal Collins.
Atlanta : Southern Regional Education Board, [2010]
378.166 C692P 2010
Received: 3/15/2012
Advanced placement programs (Education)--Southern States.
Educational acceleration--Southern States.

Technology counts, 2012 : virtual shift : e-learning turns toward district-level approaches and a focus on accountability / Education week.
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, c2012.
371.334 T226 2012
Received: 3/15/2012
Wireless Internet--United States.
Educational technology.
Computer-assisted instruction--United States.
Distance education--United States.
Educational accountability--United States.

Update of Compilation of state repatriation, reburial, and grave protection laws / prepared for the Natural Resources Conservation Service under order number 40-3A75-7-102 ; prepared by Kathleen Schamel for CEHP Incorporated.
Washington, DC : CEHP Incorporated, 1997.
344.73094 SCH16U 1997
Received: 3/15/2012
Burial laws--United States--States.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Law and legislation--United States--States.
Indians of North America--Antiquities--Law and legislation--United States--States.

Taxpayer financed crisis pregnancy centers in Texas : a hidden threat to women's health : a 2008 annual report.
Austin, TX : NARAL Pro-Choice Texas Foundation, 2008.
613.94 C868 2008
Received: 3/15/2012
Pregnant women--Services for--Texas.
Abortion counseling--Texas.
Adoption agencies--Texas.

Asbestos legislation : a crisis manufactured by Texans for Lawsuit Reform & the American Insurance Association / Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
[Austin, Tex.] : Texas Trial Lawyers Association, [2005]
347.3 T312TA 2005
Received: 3/15/2012
Asbestos--Law and legislation--Texas.
Products liability--Asbestos--Texas.
Toxic torts--Texas.